Summary: Heero is a young businessman working for Winner Affairs and must almost lead a double life keeping his good image up and hiding the darker side of his life. He comes and goes between reality and a mystical, dreamlike fairyland where he acquires unatural abilities... in the end he must either choose between dreams and illusion of power or simply lead a normal life.

(Warning: This fic may contain mature material.)

Chapter One

Surprise, Surprise!

"Surprise!" everyone shouted as Heero opened the door to his residence at the front entrance. All around, there were people and guests everywhere in his estate and as the word came out of their mouths party dust was dispersed in the air and then "Happy Birthday Heero!" was uttered out loud altogether.

He stood there behind the now closed door, surprised, not expecting a surprise birthday party. He then realized that it was actually his birthday today. 'Who organized this?' he wondered.

"…Uh…uhm…thank you everyone. Very much…" Heero tried to say loudly enough to reach everyone from the stairs and to the floors. "I wasn't expecting anybody to be here…" Then not long after that, a young woman his age made her way out of crowd pushing a cart with a cake on it. She was pretty with her mild honey hair which looked good even when it wasn't fancy looking and along with her dark blue eyes, she was very attractive. On the cart she pushed there was a very large white cake decorated with flowers made of cream with candles on it. It was perfect and looked like it required craftsmanship.

"Alright everyone! Let's sing happy birthday!" the pretty girl happily said and they all did including herself. Heero was beginning to feel embarrassed. When the song finally ended, the girl motioned the cart a little more over to Heero to imply that he was to blow out the candles. Slowly and reluctantly, he did.

Everyone cheered and clapped. "Congratulations!" said one person. "Happy Birthday!" said another.

The girl smiled at him and personally said to him: "Happy Birthday Heero. How do you like your cake?"

He took another look at him and then said "It's just…great Miss Relena. Thank you. Did you plan all this by any chance?" He and Relena were acquaintances for some months now and talked to each other every now and then but often, he was very busy or occupied. They had originally met at a meeting at a hotel where he had served as a representative for his company at a government conference where she decided to accompany her father, the Minister of Finance. Because of his youth, Relena had mistaken him for a waiter and asked if she could have a soda. Since then, they had managed to somehow bump into each other a few times as recurring characters in their lives.

"Well, I helped but it was Duo and Mr. Winner who organized it all. They told me they were planning this party and well… here I am. And my father couldn't make it. He has other meetings to attend to. But please, Heero, just call me Relena ok?"

"Alright then Relena. Do you know where I can find them?"

"Oh, I was going to tell you that they were waiting for you at the dining room."

"Thanks" Heero said and was just about to take off, but Relena's voice stopped him for a bit longer.

"Heero, don't forget to come get some cake alright?" she said as guest began surrounding her and the cake hoping to get their slice.

"Of course Miss Relena, I'll come get a slice after I talk to Duo and Quatre" he said not wanting to sound rude even though he didn't really feel like it even though it was obvious the cake was a masterpiece. After taking some steps to the dining room, Relena's voice called out to him.

"And Heero, it's just Relena, ok?" she reminded him, amused at the fact he forgot.

And so he found Duo and Quatre just where Relena said he would find them.

"Did the two of you plan this?" he asked blandly to hide his annoyance at the party. He had to be careful especially with Quatre because he was his boss after all. But it just always seemed that Quatre liked to keep things informal and Heero always felt at ease when he was around.

"Well, in fact we did Heero. Did you see your cake? Quatre had it made from his own home. Now that's truly world-class my friend" Duo said sitting indolently on the chair by the long, large table, Quatre beside him.

"So what is it that we're here to talk about?" Heero said getting straight to business and took a seat next to Duo.

"Heero, I want you to represent me at a meeting to someone. His name is Change Wufei. We know he's an underground businessman of sorts. He wants to make a proposition, but wants to do it in person. I would go see him, but… I feel that I don't need to as he probably isn't a very important person and may not be well worth my time. Check it out for me ok?" Quatre said and then took a sip of wine from his glass.

Underground?

"I don't want to get into anything illegal" Heero stated.

"Oh, don't worry Heero. All you have to do is tell me what he wants. And I meant to say something like... freelance merchant? Just trust me alright?" Quatre added.

"Where will he be?" Heero asked. He knew Quatre as someone of his word and his fear of possibly getting involved in illegal business was put aside.

"The Sun Hotel in Vaduz. I already reserved a flight for you. It leaves tomorrow night, ok? There's also a reservation for you there at the hotel as well for three days" Duo said handing out a ticket and giving it to him.

"Will the meeting be that long?" Heero wondered because his stay was scheduled for three days.

"Well, maybe you'd like to stay there a while you know? Vaduz is great tourist destination for those who have money. In fact, the Great Vaduz Festivity Day is coming up very soon. Have some fun while you're there alright?" Duo suggested smiling.

"Well Heero, I do hope that you can take care of this party and guests of yours. I'll be going now, so please excuse me" Quatre said getting up and Duo followed suit.

"And me too Heero buddy. I'd love to party and all but… not today. Oh, and it's just the perfect time for you and Relena to start to get to know each other a little more. See you alright?"

And so the two of them left.

The next four hours of Heero's life was spent trying to make himself seem like a decent host. But to his surprise it seemed like there wasn't really much for him to do. He chatted and socialized with as many guests as he could. It was tiring, but he didn't want to look bad. But it had to end sometime. He got up on the top of the stairs at the entrance holding a microphone in his hand.

"Hello? Can everyone hear me well enough?" he said. "Please gather up everyone, I have something I'd like to say."

Heero waited for a few minutes until all the guests had gathered around.

"Everyone, I'd like to you all for such a wonderful evening and I must admit that although I knew what today's date was, I just forgot that it was my own birthday" he said hoping those words would make him appear humble.

Slight laughter from the crowd resulted.

"So I would like to make a toast" he continued holding up a glass. "I hope everyone here has had an enjoyable evening and I just want to say that I'm sorry to those of you who didn't get a chance to talk with me. There's only so many of you! Anyway, I hope that my colleagues continue to have a promising, prosperous career under Winner Affairs and that both my new and old acquaintances in their lives share such fortune in whatever thay may do in life. Amen" he said raising his arm along with his cup for a moment and drank. Everyone else did so and then clapped.

"So thank you again ladies and gentlemen, but I'm very tired right now so I ask that I be able to have the rest of the evening to myself and rest. It has been such a pleasure to have you all."

Along the way out, Heero shook hands with his guests along the way out and said goodbye to as many of them as could. When they all finally left, he gladly closed and locked the door in relief.

He sighed.

He then decided to take a shower before going to bed and headed to the bathroom but heard someone in the living room.

"Relena?" he said walking over to her. He saw her holding a garbage bag picking up trash. The place wasn't terribly messy but the guests it seemed were messier than he actually expected.

"Hi Heero" she said tired and was about to pick up some crumbs of food but Heero intervened.

"Relena please" he said. "You don't have to clean up here ok? I'll take care of it" he continued and took the garbage bag away from her. "It's alright for you to leave now."

Relena sighed as if in defeat and more or less failed to hide it. She was hoping that today she would have the opportunity to talk to Heero and get to know him better and actually to progress from their simple acquaintanceship to… friends. She wasn't sure, but from what she could tell, Heero was very polite and mature which were two things that many guys lacked. But he often just seemed shy. All day, Relena hoped Heero would come over and talk, but it seemed he just had too many guests. After talking two steps toward the door, Heero stopped her and asked what was wrong.

"I…I…uh it's nothing Heero. Everything is fine" she lied not wanting to say how she truly felt and couldn't think of a credible substitute answer.

Heero just assumed that she was also tired.

"Well Relena, thank you for coming over. I was really surprised today" he said giving his personal appreciation. Such a thing always made you look good in business. "I hope that I'll see you again soon. Come again" He had been accompanying her the way to the door.

But before Heero closed the door again, Relena stopped and suddenly asked when.

"When could I Heero?"

Now it was his turn to not be sure of what to say because he didn't actually mean what he just said but didn't want to say that he was only kidding or was just trying to 'sound good'.

"I'm not exactly sure… but… how about I call as soon as I have some time off work?" he said hoping that would temporarily leave him time to think. Upon hearing that, Relena looked as if she recovered from being upset a little.

"Do you have my number?" Relena asked.

"Oh, I…uhm…no I don't…"

Relena took out piece of note paper and wrote it on and then handed it to him.

"Bye Heero"

"Bye Relena. And thanks again" Heero before closing the door to his house for the last time that night.

After taking his shower at last, Heero went to go to his bedroom. He walked up the stairs and he saw that some light could be seen coming out of his room. He hadn't been in his room since this morning so he couldn't have been the one that turned it on. Suspicious and alarmed, he quickened his pace and opened the door.

A few giggles from a woman's voice.

On the floor in his room, Heero saw two evening dresses and two sets of lingerie around his bed.

"We were wondering when you'd finally come…Mister Heero" a woman said flirtatiously. He saw the owners of the clothing left on the floor. They were two beautiful women sitting comfortably on his king-sized bed, one blonde and a brunette, both of them had their long hair wonderfully done for a fancy party. One held a bottle of champagne in her hands and the other a batch of green grapes. They were covered only in the large, silken blanket and sheets and had not bothered to cover their body above their stomachs…

Normally, Heero would've have told any remaining guests that he had to leave in a scolding manner, but this… he couldn't mind. He was tired at first but now he could feel energy flowing through his veins. Accepting what he saw before him, Heero closed the door and calmly asked "What is it that you want?"

"We heard that you…you were a very busy and lonesome person so we thought that you would like some company tonight…" the brunette answered smiling.

Heero took off his bathrobe and immediately joined them. Women were his distraction, his weakness he thought and only indulged in them on occasion… in secret…

Yes, this was indeed his weakness…

...Heero lied down in between them on the bed. He lied down on his front...the two pairs of hands massaging him efficiently, effectively...

...After that, the brunette picked the grapes with her hand and her mouth and placed them in his own until they were all gone and the blonde carefully poured the bottle of luxurious, expensive champagne into his mouth first before herself or the other woman may have a sip…

…He them got on them, inserted himself into them one at a time, extracting gradual moans of increasing pleasure and desire until he was too tired to continue… he then went straight to their mouths and played with their two tongues and theirs with his before going over to their chests to taste and savor like fruit each of the nipples of their firm breasts well-shaped, good in size as if to drink, suck juice from inside them while each time, the pair of hands from the respective woman would find their way into his soft hair and buried them in deep and tight making him stay… and then… and then it was their turn to get on him…

One at a time.

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